Ph.D. Alumni

military spending, fiscal policy, inequality and economic development. Ali is also working with parties from the Darfur conflict to end human suffering, and to promote a democratic transition and a prosperous reconstruction. At the GAO, Ali was a major contributor to reports for congressional committees on issues related to the readiness of the USArmy's chemical and biological units, farm subsidy programs and the FCC regulation of the digital spectrum

State and local government finance. Maureen’s dissertation, U.S. federal budget structure 1962-1995: Beyond incrementalism, won the 1999 Best Dissertation award of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration

monetary economics, computational economics and econometrics. During his doctoral studies, his research focused primarily on the problem of European unemployment in which he explored the relationship between inequality and unemployment by developing a regional model of unemployment applied to Europe's period of integration

trends and patterns of substance abuse in Texas, nationally, and internationally, with special interest on the US-Mexico border; research in patterns of use and abuse of methamphetamine, party drugs, methadone, and prescription drugs; impaired driving programs; and the relationship of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS